What are the responsibilities and job description for the Event Lead position at Jack Stack Barbecue?
Event Lead (Off-Site Full-Service Events)
Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue | Storia Fine Catering
Not Your Typical Event Role. This Is Where Execution Meets Leadership
At Jack Stack Barbecue, our purpose is simple: Hope Through Hospitality. Our mission: Create Remarkable Experiences for our guests and for each other.
Through Storia Fine Catering, we deliver elevated, full-service events across the city, where precision, leadership, and hospitality must come together seamlessly in environments we don’t control.
That’s where the Event Lead comes in.
This is not a standard event role. You are not just running service, you are owning the entire event execution.
You are the person who ensures everything shows up, sets up, runs flawlessly, and leaves the client saying, “That was exceptional.”
What Makes This Role Different
Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue | Storia Fine Catering
Not Your Typical Event Role. This Is Where Execution Meets Leadership
At Jack Stack Barbecue, our purpose is simple: Hope Through Hospitality. Our mission: Create Remarkable Experiences for our guests and for each other.
Through Storia Fine Catering, we deliver elevated, full-service events across the city, where precision, leadership, and hospitality must come together seamlessly in environments we don’t control.
That’s where the Event Lead comes in.
This is not a standard event role. You are not just running service, you are owning the entire event execution.
You are the person who ensures everything shows up, sets up, runs flawlessly, and leaves the client saying, “That was exceptional.”
What Makes This Role Different
- You operate as the on-site leader for complex, off-site full-service events
- You bridge the gap between culinary, service, logistics, and client experience
- You lead teams in environments that are constantly changing
- You don’t rely on structure, you create it in real time
- Lead execution of off-site full-service catering events from load-out through breakdown
- Safely operate company vehicles and ensure all equipment, food, and supplies arrive complete and event-ready
- Pull and organize all necessary items; equipment, linen, food, and service materials
- Direct and lead on-site service teams to ensure seamless, high-level execution
- Own timelines, ensuring all load-out, arrival, and service expectations are met
- Build and maintain strong relationships with venues, vendors, and clients
- Complete and communicate all event prep sheets, notes, and post-event follow-ups
- Troubleshoot in real time, solving problems quickly and confidently
- Ensure overall guest satisfaction and event success
- Experience in catering, hospitality, or event execution (full-service experience strongly preferred)
- Leadership presence, you can step into any environment and take control professionally
- Strong organizational and logistical thinking, you see the full picture
- Ability to lead teams in fast-paced, high-pressure environments
- Excellent communication skills with both clients and internal teams
- High level of accountability, you own the outcome, not just your role
- Adaptability, you stay calm and effective even when things change
- Events run smoothly, on time, and at a high standard
- Teams are clear, directed, and supported
- Clients feel confident and taken care of
- Problems are solved before they become visible
- Every event reflects Storia-level execution and Jack Stack hospitality
- Stand/walk for the duration of shifts
- Lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 lbs
- Active, hands-on participation in setup, service, and breakdown
- Unique leadership role with real ownership of event execution
- Work high-end, dynamic events through Storia Fine Catering
- Opportunity to grow into higher-level event or operations leadership roles
- Be part of a team that lives Hope Through Hospitality
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k)